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Ben Goertzel

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How close are we to a world in which our brains and computers merge as one? A world in which machines are more intelligent than we are? Very close, according to a new generation of neuroscientists, hackers and entrepreneurs.
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Supersapiens: The Rise of the Mind (2017)
Ben Goertzel was born on 8 December 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
BornDecember 8, 1966
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    • Known for

    Transcendent Man (2009)
    Transcendent Man
    7.1
    • Self
    • 2009
    New Kids on the Blockchain (2020)
    New Kids on the Blockchain
    7.6
    • Self
    • 2020
    Machine of Human Dreams (2016)
    Machine of Human Dreams
    7.2
    • Self
    • 2016
    Internet Rising
    7.3
    • Self
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Self

    • Jesse Watters in Jesse Watters Primetime (2022)
      Jesse Watters Primetime
      4.2
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2023
    • Decoded (2022)
      Decoded
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2022
    • A.rtificial I.mmortality (2021)
      A.rtificial I.mmortality
      5.7
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Lex Fridman in Lex Fridman Podcast (2018)
      Lex Fridman Podcast
      7.8
      Podcast Series
      • Self - Guest
      • 2020
    • New Kids on the Blockchain (2020)
      New Kids on the Blockchain
      7.6
      • Self
      • 2020
    • iHuman (2019)
      iHuman
      6.7
      • Self - AI Researcher
      • 2019
    • Miriam's Deathly Adventure (2019)
      Miriam's Deathly Adventure
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2019
    • Joe Rogan in The Joe Rogan Experience (2009)
      The Joe Rogan Experience
      8.1
      Podcast Series
      • Self - Guest (as Dr. Ben Goertzel)
      • 2018
    • Long Enough to Live Forever (2017)
      Long Enough to Live Forever
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Supersapiens: The Rise of the Mind (2017)
      Supersapiens: The Rise of the Mind
      8.0
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Machine of Human Dreams (2016)
      Machine of Human Dreams
      7.2
      • Self
      • 2016
    • Morgan Freeman in Through the Wormhole (2010)
      Through the Wormhole
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Self - Artificial Intelligence Researcher
      • 2014
    • Internet Rising
      7.3
      • Self
      • 2011
    • Transcendent Man (2009)
      Transcendent Man
      7.1
      • Self
      • 2009

    Archive Footage

    • History 101 (2020)
      History 101
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2020

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    Transcendent Man
    Trailer 2:45
    Transcendent Man
    SUPERSAPIENS - the rise of the mind
    Trailer 2:23
    SUPERSAPIENS - the rise of the mind
    SUPERSAPIENS - the rise of the mind
    Trailer 2:23
    SUPERSAPIENS - the rise of the mind

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    • Alternative name
      • Dr. Ben Goertzel
    • Born
      • December 8, 1966
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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